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caramel

SubstantivAdjektivVerbin Dialogen belegt

  • Vereinigte Staaten//ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl//
  • Vereinigte Staaten//ˈkæɹ.ə.məl//
  • Australien//ˈkæ.ɹəˌmɛl//
  • Australien//ˈkæ.ɹə.məl//

A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.

    The usual technique for making caramel is to mix table sugar with some water, then heat until the water has boiled off and the molten sugar colors.

  2. 2

    A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

    Caramel has a rich, complex flavor and consistency, viscous and sticky and creamy all at once, that works well with most sweets and fruits, with coffee and chocolate, and even with salt: the prized caramels of Brittany are made with a notable dose of sea salt.

  3. 3

    A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.

Herkunft

Borrowed from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, dissimilated from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”) (and a doublet of chalumeau and shawm). Alternatively from Medieval Latin cannamellis, which is a compound of canna + mellis.

Adjektiv

  1. 1

    Of a yellow-brown color.

    Every time I saw this caramel cutie, she was working on a new proposal or business plan or flyer to promote herself and her event coordinating business.

Verb

  1. 1

    veraltendTo caramelize.

    To turn out, place the dish over the mould, and invert both together, when, if the caramelling has been complete, the pudding should slip out without any difficulty at all.

Formen

Plural
caramels
Präteritum
carameled, caramelled
Partizip II
carameled, caramelled
Partizip I
carameling, caramelling
3. Person Singular
caramels
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